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Updated 12/4/2012

Family Echinasteridae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Linckia columbiae

Rock Quarry, Catalina, California, 25 feet

Goldfish Bowl, Anacapa, CA, 20 feet

FRAGILE STAR

On rocky reefs at any depth.  Red base with highly variable patterns and colors.  Attains 4 inches.  Southern California to Columbia & the Galapagos.